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      Link Love: 7/22/2011

      • Date: July 22, 2011
      • Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
      • Description: I couldn’t resist this collection of beautiful butterfly and creepy crawly engravings from BibliOdyssey this week. The Smithsonian has created a new Facebook page in honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, which we’ll regularly be contributing to. Hop on over and like the page! Apparently, it was not only illegal, but criminal for women to vote! Photos uncovered by

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    3. Calling All First Ladies

      • Date: August 27, 2013
      • Description: A closer look at the First Lady’s social obligation to exchange calling cards in the early 19th century.

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    5. You Spin Me Round - Frisbee Festivals on the Mall

      • Date: May 23, 2019
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Starting in 1977, the National Air and Space Museum, with assistance from the International Frisbee Association, Wham-O Manufacturing Company, volunteer instructors from several states, and the Washington Area Frisbee Club, held their first Frisbee Festival on the National Mall.

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      Battle for the Castle

      • Date: November 15, 2011
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    9. Two men hold a young girl up in a trash can.The girl is looking directly at the camera.

      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Spring 2022

      • Date: April 28, 2022
      • Creator: Deborah Shapiro
      • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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    11. Female House Sparrows on Fountain Ledge.

      Meet the Birds of the National Mall

      • Date: July 3, 2014
      • Description: Have you noticed that the Mall is aflutter with birds? Dive into the history of the Smithsonian’s interactions with our avian neighbors.

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    13. View of the Smithsonian Castle in the distance behind a wall of trees, from downtown Washington

      The Smithsonian Castle Construction Begins

      • Date: March 19, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: The Smithsonian Institution Building, or the “Castle,” is the most iconic of all the Smithsonian’s 769 facilities, which include its nineteen museums, nine research centers, National Zoo, and all of its other establishments. The Castle was the first building constructed specifically for the Smithsonian after it was founded in 1846. On March 19, 1847, a contract was signed with

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    15. Black and white photograph of a baby two-toed sloth in a basket holding the finger of its caretaker.

      A (Brief) History of Sloths at the Smithsonian

      • Date: October 20, 2020
      • Creator: Jessica Scott
      • Description: …in which a member of the Archives staff turns her passion for sloths into a mission to research their history at the Smithsonian Institution.

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    17. On October 14, 1947, the Bell X-1 became the first airplane to fly faster than the speed of sound. Piloted by U.S. Air Force Capt. Charles E.

      Link Love: 5/1/2015

      • Date: May 1, 2015
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    19. Greetings From Anywhere

      • Date: May 3, 2012
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: In honor of National Postcard Week May 6–12, 2012, explore postcards from the Archives and the Smithsonian’s collections.

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    21. Dog Days at the Zoo, Part II

      • Date: September 18, 2012
      • Description: Though often overlooked, dogs played a featured role in the early history of the National Zoological Park.

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    23. Watercolor drawing of the profile of a tortoise.

      Hot Topix in Archival Research, Winter 2021

      • Date: January 7, 2021
      • Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!

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